{"id":2315933,"date":"2024-07-30T10:36:01","date_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:36:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historian-who-accurately-predicted-4-decades-of-presidential-winners-offers-pick-for-trump-vs-harris\/"},"modified":"2024-07-30T10:39:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-30T14:39:37","slug":"historian-who-accurately-predicted-4-decades-of-presidential-winners-offers-pick-for-trump-vs-harris","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historian-who-accurately-predicted-4-decades-of-presidential-winners-offers-pick-for-trump-vs-harris\/","title":{"rendered":"Historian Who Accurately Predicted 4 Decades of Presidential Winners Offers Pick for Trump Vs. Harris"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">30<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhistorian-who-accurately-predicted-4-decades-of-presidential-winners-offers-pick-for-trump-vs-harris%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2315933&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>It appears that you&#8217;ve pasted\u2063 a lengthy and \u200csomewhat garbled HTML\/XML document that\u200d includes a mix of code, article text, and various embedded scripts. The content revolves around \u2062Allan Lichtman and his prediction system for presidential elections. <\/p>\n<p>Here\u2019s a brief summary of the main points\u200c from the text:<\/p>\n<p>1.\u2062 **Allan Lichtman&#8217;s Predictions**: \u200dAllan Lichtman, a historian known for his &#8220;13 \u2062keys&#8221; system, has predicted the outcomes of several presidential elections accurately. He claims to assess the strengths and weaknesses of the incumbent party based on these keys.<\/p>\n<p>2. **Current Predictions \u2063for Election**: Lichtman is currently evaluating the potential candidacy of Kamala Harris for the upcoming presidential election. He has noted that Democrats have lost some keys due to factors such as incumbency and charisma.<\/p>\n<p>3.\u200b **Keys System Explained**: His \u200csystem evaluates 13 criteria that \u200breflect\u200d various political\u2062 and economic factors. For instance, factors like party mandate, economic health, and social unrest play \u2063significant roles\u200d in determining electoral outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>4. **Criticism \u200bof Predictions**: The text critiques Lichtman&#8217;s assessments, pointing out contradictions and issues with his analysis. It addresses the perceived weaknesses of\u200b Kamala Harris as a \u200dcandidate compared to previous candidates and\u200d the current political climate.<\/p>\n<p>5. **Debates and Public Perception**: \u200dThe article references Lichtman&#8217;s comments about the \u200dimpact of debates on elections and suggests that public perception of\u200b candidates, particularly regarding Biden&#8217;s and Harris&#8217;s popularity, is\u2063 crucial.<\/p>\n<p>Would you like more specific information \u200bor analysis on any particular part of this content?  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> <script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>OK, so you&rsquo;ve predicted the winner of nine out of the last 10 presidential elections. Fair enough. How many times can you be wrong about this one before we stop listening to you?<\/p>\n<p>That&rsquo;s the question about Allan Lichtman, an American University professor of history. Lichtman, as <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/news\/politics\/elections\/2024\/07\/26\/allen-lichtman-preliminary-presidential-prediction-harris-trump\/74557674007\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">USA Today<\/a> notes, developed his &ldquo;13 keys&rdquo; system to the presidency with mathematician Vladimir Keilis-Borok in 1981 and has managed to accurately predict even Donald Trump&rsquo;s 2016 victory over Hillary Clinton.<\/p>\n<p>Fine. That being said, the man is whiffing spectacularly this year, and not for any want of trying. Just a day after President Joe Biden&rsquo;s disastrous debate appearance on June 27, he went on CNN to say that the Democrats shouldn&rsquo;t replace him because debates don&rsquo;t matter in the &ldquo;13 keys&rdquo; system.<\/p>\n<p>Well, that didn&rsquo;t pan out. But don&rsquo;t worry &mdash; he&rsquo;s still riding high on the Democrats, although he thinks they shouldn&rsquo;t have switched from the guy who can&rsquo;t even remember that he&rsquo;s not the first <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-democrat-gov-jb-pritzker-caught-on-hot-mic-says-what-he-really-thinks-about-biden-i-dont-like-where-we-are\/\" title=\"Watch: Democrat Gov. JB Pritzker Caught on Hot Mic, Says What He Really Thinks About Biden - &#039;I Don&#039;t Like Where We Are&#039;\">black female president<\/a> during interviews.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Right now &hellip; Democrats have lost three keys&rdquo; by switching to Harris, he told <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newsnationnow.com\/vargasreports\/2024-election-hinges-on-four-keys-presidential-historian\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">NewsNation<\/a> Friday. However, while he&rsquo;s waiting until the convention pans out to see who he&rsquo;s predicting will win this one, he says the ball&rsquo;s still in Kamala&rsquo;s court.<\/p>\n<p>  <script> \t\t\t\tif( ! getCookie( 'ff_subbed' ) ) if( typeof FFADS.replace_ict !='undefined' ) if( FFADS.replace_ict ) eval( FFADS.replace_ict ); \t\t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>In case you&rsquo;re not familiar with this system, here are the 13 criteria that go into this mathematical formula Lichtman uses to determine who wins the White House: party mandate, contest, incumbency, third party, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historian-who-correctly-predicted-9-of-last-10-elections-reveals-impact-of-trump-conviction\/\" title=\"Historian Who Accurately Forecasted 9 of Last 10 Elections Discusses Effects of Trump Conviction\">short-term economy<\/a>, long-term economy, policy change, social unrest, scandal, foreign\/military failure, foreign\/military success, incumbent charisma, challenger charisma.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Under my 13 keys system, which probes the strength and performance of the White House party, how elections really work, if six or more of my keys fall against the White House party, they&rsquo;re predicted losers,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;Otherwise, they&rsquo;re predicted winners.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Kamala loses three keys: party mandate, incumbency, and incumbent charisma.<\/p>\n<p>The first key was already lost due to the fact that the Democrats lost House seats in 2022 &mdash; although this was relatively predictable and the Democrats actually lost less seats than was anticipated, but apparently these don&rsquo;t factor into Cap&rsquo;n Dungeons-&amp;-Dragons pen-and-paper method of playing out national elections.<\/p>\n<p>Six of the keys are already locked in for Harris, and please feel free to laugh along with me:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/powerful-democrats-plot-replace-biden-via-blitz-primary-involve-michelle-obama-taylor-swift-oprah-report\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No primary contest<\/a> (which is correct &mdash; Harris didn&rsquo;t have one vote against her this primary season &hellip; nor did she receive a single primary vote), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/historian-with-infallible-record-of-predicting-presidents-weighs-in-on-2024-race\/\" title=\"Historian With Infallible Record Of Predicting Presidents Weighs In On 2024 Race\">strong short-term economy<\/a>, strong long-term economy (on those two: boy, having tenure in academia must be <em>really<\/em> nice and especially cushy), major policy change (&ldquo;Clearly, policy under Joe Biden in virtually every realm has been fundamentally different from that of the previous administration of Donald Trump,&rdquo; Lichtman says, according to USA Today, apparently failing to acknowledge that universally low approval numbers don&rsquo;t necessarily mean this is viewed with uncritical adoration), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-welcomes-kamala-harris-race-devastating-30-second-ad-kamala\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no scandal<\/a> (you have to be kidding me), and uncharismatic challenger (you have to be kidding me&sup2;).<\/p>\n<p>In a social media post, Lichtman also said he had Harris ahead in two other categories: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-rfk-jr-fire-dirty-move-trump-leaking-private-conversation-unacceptable\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">No third party<\/a> (are polls available at your institution, sir? Do you need an internet account?) and no social unrest (the incumbent president just stepped aside as nominee because he has the brain of a chipmunk and someone <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/secret-service-repeatedly-rejected-offer-couldve-helped-thwart-trump-rally-shooter-whistleblower\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">just tried to kill the GOP nominee<\/a> at a rally, but sure, why not?).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">I plan to make my official prediction in August after the Democratic convention.<br \/> See my assessment below below on the 13 Keys Tracker on where The Keys stand NOW. Please listen to our LIVE show on 7&ndash;25&ndash;24, linked in the comments below, where we detail every Key. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pJpkpa3SzW\">pic.twitter.com\/pJpkpa3SzW<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Allan Lichtman (@AllanLichtman) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AllanLichtman\/status\/1816847990566666389?\">July 26, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s possible, but a lot would have to go wrong for Harris to lose,&rdquo; Lichtman predicted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">NEW: Forecaster who has predicted almost every election since 1984, says Kamala Harris will likely win the election in November.<\/p>\n<p>Allan Lichtman, who correctly predicted Trump would win in 2016 &amp; Biden in 2020, says his forecasts point to a Harris win.<\/p>\n<p>Lichtman uses &rsquo;13 keys&rsquo; to&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/US6LMgvWlH\">pic.twitter.com\/US6LMgvWlH<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CollinRugg\/status\/1818042724542779855?\">July 29, 2024<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Yes. Like, perhaps they could figure out that Harris is as weak of a candidate as Joe Biden was one month ago when Lichtman assured CNN&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/watch-cnn-interview-rapper-ends-disaster-makes-classless-move-vulgar-statement-live-air\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Abby Phillip<\/a> that, don&rsquo;t fret, the debate from hell didn&rsquo;t really matter:<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Zero,&rdquo; he said, when she asked how much the debate would matter.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Debates are not predictive of outcomes,&rdquo; Lichtman told her. &ldquo;Hillary Clinton won all three debates, still lost. John Kerry won all the debates, still lost. Barack Obama got trounced 72 to 20 percent in the poll, worse than Biden, and went on to win.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>And, as for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/breaking-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">replacing Biden on the ticket<\/a> because he was cognitively declining before our very eyes?<\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-embed\"> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Should Democrats replace Biden? Hear what historian thinks\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Pt8eRZTas_Q?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&ldquo;It&rsquo;s a huge mistake,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;They&rsquo;re not doctors. They don&rsquo;t know whether Biden is physically capable of carrying out a second term or not. Remember, a lot of folks were saying the same thing about Ronald Reagan, who was, you know, 73, and age was very different then. And they said, &lsquo;You know, he&rsquo;s not capable of carrying out another term.&rsquo; He won 49 states.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;All of these pundits and pollsters and analysts that you see on all the cable channels and all the networks have no track record in predicting elections,&rdquo; he added.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And if they come on and they claim they know how this debate is going to affect the outcome of elections, they have no idea. It&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prageru-presents-michele-tafoya-my-freedom-to-speak-meant-more-than-my-job\/\" title=\"PragerU Presents Michele Tafoya: \u2018My Freedom To Speak Meant More Than My Job\u2019\">sports talk radio<\/a>. It may be entertaining, but it has no scientific basis.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Yes. All &ldquo;sports talk radio.&rdquo; Which is why &hellip; pretty much every Democrat, less than one month after this was uttered, agreed Biden had no chance of winning and needed to go. But he had 11 keys! The guy was sailing to victory, at least on Licthman&rsquo;s paper!<\/p>\n<p>This is all well and good when Bill Clinton is playing the sax on Arsenio Hall&rsquo;s late-night TV show and telling America, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/op-ed-not-economy-stupid-likability\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">It&rsquo;s the economy, stupid<\/a>!&rdquo; Or, when John Kerry is playing at proletarian by duck-hunting in order to help him connect with&nbsp; blue-collar voters in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2004\/10\/22\/politics\/campaign\/kerry-on-hunting-photoop-to-help-image.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">2004<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>It&rsquo;s slightly more difficult when you introduce the fact that the sitting president is clearly mentally infirm, that this fact was hidden from us by a White House that assiduously guarded him, and that &mdash; once outside this guard &mdash; he was revealed as completely incapable. It&rsquo;s even more difficult when the only plausible alternative to him is a vice president that&rsquo;s even less popular than he is.<\/p>\n<p>This isn&rsquo;t the sort of thing that plays out neatly on pen-and-paper from some academic&rsquo;s formula. It&rsquo;s a one-in-a-hundred sort of election &mdash; and the number of times Lichtman has already been wrong about it is proof that this is the proverbial &ldquo;sports talk radio&rdquo; caller, not the other way around.<\/p>\n<div style=\"position: relative;\">\n<div class=\"ff-fancy-header-container\">  <\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-submit-correction inner-content\">\n<div class=\"correction-form\">\n<form style=\"display: none;\">\n<div class=\"sc-name-field\"> <label>* Name<\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"name\" required> <\/div>\n<div class=\"sc--field\"> <label>* <\/label> <br \/> <input type=\"text\" name=\"\" required> <\/div>\n<p> <label>* Message<\/label> <br \/> <textarea name=\"message\" required><\/textarea>  <\/p>\n<div class=\"required-message\" style=\"display: none; padding-bottom: 15px;\">* All fields are required.<\/div>\n<p> <input type=\"submit\" value=\"Submit\" onclick=\"event.preventDefault(); firefly_sc();\">  <\/p>\n<div class=\"firefly-sc-confirm\" style=\"display: none;\">Success!<\/div>\n<\/p><\/form>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> <script> \t\t\tfunction firefly_sc() { \t\t\t\tif( typeof window.captchaPublicKey==typeof undefined ){ \t\t\t\t\tconsole.error('window.captchaPublicKey is not defined'); \t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\tgrecaptcha.execute( window.captchaPublicKey, { action: 'submit_correction' } ).then( function( token ) { \t\t\t\t\tvar opts={ \t\t\t\t\t\taction:    'firefly_sc_submit', \t\t\t\t\t\tname:      document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"name\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\t:     document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tmessage:   document.querySelector( '.entry-submit-correction [name=\"message\"]' ).value, \t\t\t\t\t\tpost_id:   firefly_post_id, \t\t\t\t\t\tcap_token: token \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\tvar inputs=[ 'name', '', 'message' ];  \t\t\t\t\tfor( var i=0; i <inputs.length; i++ ) if( ! 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Here\u2019s a paraphrase of the provided text:<\/p>\n<p>Allan Lichtman, a history professor at American University, has accurately predicted the outcomes of nine out of the last ten presidential elections. However, one might wonder how many incorrect predictions he can make before people stop taking him seriously. Lichtman created his &#8220;13 keys&#8221; system for predicting presidential elections in collaboration with mathematician Vladimir Keilis-Borok back in 1981 and even forecasted Donald Trump&#8217;s victory in 2016 over Hillary Clinton. Despite this track record, he seems to be missing the mark this year. Following President Joe Biden&#8217;s poor debate performance on June 27, Lichtman appeared on CNN and suggested that Democrats should not replace Biden because debates are irrelevant according to his system.<\/p>\n<p>However, he still supports the Democrats despite believing they made a mistake by switching to Kamala Harris as their candidate. He mentioned that Harris has already lost three keys: party mandate (due to losses in House seats), incumbency, and incumbent charisma. While some aspects of his analysis seem locked in for Harris\u2014like having no primary contest and strong economic indicators\u2014he overlooks significant issues such as low approval ratings and ongoing scandals.<\/p>\n<p>Lichtman plans to make an official prediction after the Democratic convention but currently believes it would take considerable missteps for Harris not to win. He argues that debates do not significantly influence election outcomes based on historical examples where candidates who performed well still lost.<\/p>\n<p>Despite concerns about Biden&#8217;s cognitive abilities leading up to this election cycle, Lichtman cautions against replacing him without proper medical assessments. He criticizes pundits who claim they can predict election results based on debates or other superficial factors as lacking credibility.<\/p>\n<p>In summary, while Lichtman&#8217;s methodology has been successful historically, current circumstances present unique challenges that may not fit neatly into his predictive framework<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315934,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-harris-1-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[36637,25601,36635,36636],"class_list":["post-2315933","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-election-forecast","tag-historian","tag-presidential-predictions","tag-trump-vs-harris"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/trump-harris-1-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315933","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315933"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315933\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315934"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315933"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315933"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315933"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}